West Africa Leaks was the largest-ever collaboration of journalists from West Africa. More than a dozen reporters from 11 countries, spent months analyzing the 27.5 million documents that represent years of ICIJ data leaks: Offshore Leaks, Swiss Leaks, Panama Papers and Paradise Papers. It was released in 2018.
On the first anniversary of the publication of the FinCEN Files, we go behind the scenes with ICIJ member Moussa Aksar, whose reporting on a military procurement scheme in Niger uncovered one of the biggest corruption scandals in the country.
ICIJ and the Global Alliance for Tax Justice among nominees that also include Committee to Protect Journalists, Russian dissident Alexei Navalny and climate activist Greta Thunberg.
Ignace Sossou spent six months in prison for tweeting about an official speech.
Four years after Panama Papers, why ICIJ continues to report on tax havens, and those who exploit them.
Attorneys for a journalist jailed in Benin for tweeting about a speech argue that the case sets a dangerous precedent for press freedom.
Don't pretend to know it all, says experienced investigative reporter Emmanuel Dogbevi, from Ghana. "It's all about a learning attitude."
A journalist who exposed the offshore accounts of a corporate titan has been fined and given a suspended jail sentence under a new digital media law.
The region’s biggest collaboration spurred some nations to act, while others remained silent.
ICIJ began the year investigating how wealth is being siphoned out of West Africa, and ended it with a global health care investigation. Which story was your favorite?
A new documentary reveals the challenges and triumphs of the West Africa Leaks investigation.
Togolese ICIJ member Maxime Domegni has to work from outside his country, but that doesn't dampen his investigative spirit.
A lopsided tax treaty between Mauritius and Senegal means, with the right paper work, companies working in Senegal can avoid paying millions in taxes.
Through the power of collaborative reporting, ICIJ and its partners have been able to shed new light on the impact of tax avoidance, financial crime and corruption in West Africa.
ICIJ's African partnership coordinator talks about our unprecedented investigation in the region and how it came about.
The 13 journalists who worked on the West Africa Leaks face everything from threats, law suits and intimidation.
Honorary consuls occupy a little-known niche in the global elite. Many work to rigorous standards, but for others their avowed love for their adopted country is not always reflected in their tax filings.
See how offshore companies and accounts have been used to strip cash out of West Africa.
From Cape Verde’s white-sand beaches to Niger’s vast deserts, West African countries are plundered by companies and individuals, while governments do little to stem the flow.